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Sam 'gm' = 60% $FTT Jailbreak

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The same wallet that once controlled PancakeSwap’s core functions is now tied to the launch of ASTER? Is ASTER just another ā€œshadow projectā€ from Binance/CZ dressed up as a competitor?

Here’s what we got for you today:

  • šŸ‘€ Ultimate guide to airdrop farming in 2025

  • ⭐ Is CZ behind $ASTER and PancakeSwap?

  • ⭐ Sam FTX ā€œgmā€ from prison, FTT pumps

  • šŸ”„ Burning hot takes for the road

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Did you know some traders pocketed five to six figures in free tokens last year… just by clicking a few buttons?

In 2025, airdrop farming is a full-blown opportunity factory. But, 90% of airdrops are noise. Only a few truly pay off. So how do you find the real ones before they blow up?

Read this if you’re tired of missing out:

šŸŽ­ IS CZ BEHIND ASTER AND PANCAKESWAP?

According to research by @0xZilayo, $ASTER.X ( ā–¼ 15.28% ) was launched on Sept 1 with 8B tokens minted into a multisig, later distributed across other multisigs (Team, Airdrop, Treasury, etc.) per their tokenomics.

Now here’s where it gets interesting:

Each multisig with 1/3 signers received funding from wallet 0x2f43F on Sept 15. This wallet is a signer for multiple BSC multisigs and was involved in key PancakeSwap operations in past years:

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  • PancakeSwap Lottery multisigs

  • Mint & Burn multisig (legacy wallet used to collect fees & burn CAKE)

  • Timelock owner, controlling critical functions like pausing contracts & Masterchef management

It has also signed for multisigs linked to Venus Protocol → many BSC projects may share the same operators/personnel.

Other interesting links:

  • $FORM.X ( ā–¼ 12.76% ) dumped >70% right after ASTER’s TGE (Sept 8)

  • Oddly, $FORM is the only token on AsterDex without a USD pair

  • A bug spotted on AsterDex gave the exact same error message (with identical grammar mistake!) previously seen on PancakeSwap

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This raises the idea that Binance/CZ may be creating ā€œcompetitorsā€ to drive hype: PancakeSwap vs Uniswap | Four Meme vs Pumpfun | Aster vs Hyperliquid.

Maybe, he’s building ā€œrivalā€ projects in-house. So what’s next on BNB chain? Maybe we’ll soon see a project positioned against Ethena, Kaito, Virtuals Protocol…

If that’s the case, we definitely should treat new launches on BNB Chain with a sharper lens: as part of a bigger chessboard.

šŸ‘€ Keep an eye out, there could be big opportunities brewing on BNB Chain.

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🌤 SAM FTX ā€œgmā€ FROM PRISON, FTT PUMPS

Maybe Sam saw how hard CZ has been moving charts lately and wanted the market to remember his own ā€œglory days.ā€ šŸ™„

After a post surfaced from Sam Bankman-Fried’s account in prison, $FTT.X ( ā–¼ 2.15% ) spiked over 60%.

But then, the account clarified the post wasn’t written by Sam himself and FTT dumped right back down.

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And of course, this stirs old memories. Remember FTX’s collapse?

From a $32B empire with NBA, F1, and Super Bowl sponsorships… to burning customer money on penthouses, PR, and political donations.

→ Just 7 days in November 2022 took it all down: CoinDesk’s report, Binance’s sell-off, withdrawal freezes, and bankruptcy. Sam went from ā€œMan of the Yearā€ to inmate facing a century behind bars.

Now, FTX 2.0 is crawling back:

  • FTX’s new CEO John J. Ray III is recovering assets (~$7B so far) to repay users

  • FTX 2.0 is being planned without FTT, and without U.S. users

  • Courts have approved liquidation of $3.4B in crypto holdings

  • Meanwhile, Sam sits in custody awaiting trial, after violating bail conditions

We can see how much FTX’s story still lingers in trader psychology.

šŸ‘‰ One post from Sam’s account was enough to make FTT pump 30% and then crash. Even in 2025, the ghost of FTX still haunts the market.

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Last time, we asked what you actually want us to research. So many of you voted, replied, and even threw in wild requests (yes, we saw the ā€œpls cover $PEPE 2.0ā€ messages šŸ˜‚).

But we saw a new coin mentioned and found it quite interesting:

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So, just keep an eye on the next issue… Our team members are prepping a full breakdown on $BDX.X ( ā–¼ 1.68% ) , you’ll get the full package straight to your inbox, including:

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šŸ”„ BURNING HOT TAKES FOR THE ROAD

CZ retweeted a post from the Sign project. Right after that, $SIGN.X ( ā–¼ 6.68% ) jumped +77%. Are we calling this ā€œCZ seasonā€? Read the tweet

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes just cashed out 96,628 $HYPE.X ( ā–¼ 6.52% ) , but he was hyping HYPE could jump 126x before? Read more

BNB Chain aims to cut fees down to just $0.005 (with a long-term goal of only $0.001) & slash minimum gas by 50%. Read more

World Liberty will soon launch a debit card with Apple Pay, vows ā€œnever to build its own chainā€. Read more

Plasma announced a global first stablecoin-native neobank. It will launch a beta mainnet alongside the XPL token TGE. Read more

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